The Greater Roland Park Master Plan of 2010-2011 had the bold goal of establishing a vision for the future of our community in terms of transportation, housing, commercial areas, infrastructure, livability, streetscapes, open space and recreation.

The master plan encompassed great scope and great detail — down to the streetlights and sewers. No other city neighborhood has ever tackled this type of planning effort with an all-volunteer army. The result was a list of hundreds of would-be neighborhood improvements, most of which can be covered by federal, state and city funds.

The open-space projects, however, are unlikely to be completely paid for with government funds. These projects are farsighted, beautiful and will constitute a permanent legacy to generations of Roland Parkers to come.